Oklahoma earthquakes

M2.7 earthquake 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma on Wed, Oct 5, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT (22:30 UTC), 8 km (5 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M2.8 17 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
2.7 (ml), micro
Local time
UTC
2016-10-05 22:30:12 UTC
Depth
7.6 km (4.7 mi), shallow
Epicenter
36.448° N, 98.777° W
Region
Oklahoma
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Location uncertainty
About 1.9 km horizontally, 3.9 km in depth
Station coverage gap
54°
Stations used
0

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: 111 in the 60 days after this one and 68 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3638 days ago · 9 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 2
  2. 3.317 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3636 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 1
  3. 2.65 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  4. 2.66 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 3 km deep · 28 km away
  5. 3.05 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 1
  6. 2.63 km ESE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3635 days ago · 13 km deep · 67 km away
  7. 2.81 km S of Chester, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 7 km deep · 30 km away
  8. 2.76 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away
  9. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.04 km NE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3634 days ago · 8 km deep · 57 km away · felt by 2
  11. 2.79 km SE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 7 km deep · 93 km away · felt by 1
  12. 2.912 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3632 days ago · 5 km deep · 5 km away · felt by 2
  13. 3.34 km NNE of Cherokee, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away · felt by 34
  14. 2.59 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3631 days ago · 7 km deep · 21 km away
  15. 2.58 km ESE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away
  16. 3.26 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 27 km away · felt by 3
  17. 2.56 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  18. 2.85 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3630 days ago · 6 km deep · 95 km away · felt by 2
  19. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away
  20. 2.5Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 25 km away
  21. 3.12 km NNW of Fairmont, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 96 km away · felt by 1
  22. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  23. 2.76 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 1
  24. 2.56 km NNE of Wakita, Oklahoma · 3629 days ago · 4 km deep · 96 km away
  25. 2.79 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3627 days ago · 5 km deep · 19 km away
  26. 3.18 km WSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 7 km deep · 39 km away
  27. 2.65 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  28. 2.813 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away
  29. 3.15 km NNE of Jefferson, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 8 km deep · 97 km away · felt by 2
  30. 3.113 km SE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3625 days ago · 5 km deep · 4 km away · felt by 3
  31. 3.89 km SSW of Helena, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 5 km deep · 42 km away
  32. 4.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 48
  33. 3.117 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  34. 3.417 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  35. 2.717 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  36. 3.017 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  37. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3623 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away
  38. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  39. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  40. 2.8Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  41. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  42. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  43. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  44. 3.113 km SSE of Freedom, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 5 km deep · 35 km away
  45. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3622 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away
  46. 2.20 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away
  47. 2.817 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 7 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 4
  48. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3621 days ago · 6 km deep · 0 km away
  49. 1.69 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3620 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
  50. 2.56 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3620 days ago · 3 km deep · 32 km away
  51. 1.79 km W of Bluff City, Kansas · 3619 days ago · 7 km deep · 99 km away
  52. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3619 days ago · 8 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  53. 2.617 km ESE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3618 days ago · 5 km deep · 11 km away
  54. 2.75 km NE of Avard, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 5 km deep · 31 km away
  55. 2.517 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  56. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3617 days ago · 6 km deep · 1 km away
  57. 2.9Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 8 km deep · 73 km away
  58. 3.08 km E of Nescatunga, Oklahoma · 3616 days ago · 7 km deep · 73 km away
  59. 2.63 km SSE of Meno, Oklahoma · 3614 days ago · 8 km deep · 56 km away · felt by 3
  60. 2.10 km N of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3611 days ago · 6 km deep · 90 km away

The first 60 of 111.

Before

  1. 2.617 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away
  2. 2.64 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 35 km away · felt by 1
  3. 3.217 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 8 km deep · 1 km away · felt by 2
  4. 3.317 km SSE of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 7 km deep · 0 km away · felt by 1
  5. 3.05 km ENE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3639 days ago · 4 km deep · 34 km away · felt by 4
  6. 2.65 km N of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  7. 2.55 km S of Nash, Oklahoma · 3642 days ago · 6 km deep · 67 km away
  8. 2.68 km ESE of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3643 days ago · 8 km deep · 39 km away · felt by 6
  9. 2.44 km ESE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 5 km deep · 91 km away · felt by 1
  10. 3.35 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3644 days ago · 6 km deep · 26 km away · felt by 5
  11. 3.16 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away · felt by 10
  12. 1.77 km ENE of Manchester, Oklahoma · 3645 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
  13. 2.510 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away
  14. 2.710 km SW of Waynoka, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 20 km away · felt by 1
  15. 2.610 km NE of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 7 km deep · 20 km away
  16. 2.76 km E of Fairview, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 6 km deep · 38 km away
  17. 2.84 km NE of Mooreland, Oklahoma · 3646 days ago · 5 km deep · 34 km away
  18. 2.59 km W of Cleo Springs, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 7 km deep · 22 km away
  19. 2.75 km NNW of Quinlan, Oklahoma · 3647 days ago · 5 km deep · 26 km away
  20. 3.89 km SSE of Byron, Oklahoma · 3648 days ago · 7 km deep · 61 km away · felt by 29

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From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event us20007c7p. Read Tue, Sep 22, 2026, 11:12 AM UTC.